Many times, we have seen the rogue elements
in education institutes, threatening the education process. Karachi University
and University of the Punjab both have faced hardliners with unusual ways of
protests. Different student’s organizations with the strong backing of
political parties have caused panic in universities including beating the
teachers, locking them into their rooms and harassing students for combine study
with fellow female students. Even in
Lahore and other main stream cities, these element don’t feel it hard to
execute their thinking and agenda, the situation outside provisional capitals
can be understood.

Our social structure itself never gives
teachers the respect which the developed countries give. Even they have to
depend on corrupt bureaucracy for the administrative affairs.

Recently, again an incident has proved that
universities are not safe from the people who don’t have respect for education institutes.
In Islamia University Bahawalpur, provisional Minister of Cooperatives Malik Iqbal
Channar stormed the office of Vice Chancellor without any appointment and he came
with large pool of his supporters who disturbed the peaceful environment of the
university. They want issue to be solved according to their demand.

Vice chancellors of many universities of
Punjab have stood in the favor of Prof Qasir Mushtaq and wave of statements of
all leading universities has highlighted in the media. They have demanded the
action against the culprits who have sabotaged the prestige of historical
education institute and disrespectfully treat the vice chancellor. In a joint
statement, the vice chancellors of Punjab university, University of Education,
Lahore University of Management Sciences, Government College University Lahore,
GCU Faisalabad, Bahauddin Zikria university Multan, University of Agriculture
and Dera Ghazi Khan university asked the chief minister Shahbaz Sharif and Governor
Rafique Rajwana (who is also the chancellor of all public universities) to take
a firm action against this shameful incident. They also demanded a fair inquiry
into the matter for the unveiling of true facts.

The faculty members of Islamia University of
Bahawalpur also staged protest at Baghdadul jaded campus in favor of their vice
chancellor. However, the incident happened at Abbasia campus. The protesting
faculty members said that these kinds of elements are not acceptable to them
who vandalized property and harassed its employees.

Unfortunately, this is not the first time
that this kind of incident happens. Some years ago, a politicized student group
in Punjab University had beaten a professor and also threatened the vice
chancellor. In Karachi University same political students group has been found
using illegal weapon on university premises.

Although Pakistan had banned these students
organization in 70’s when they had become armed group and were killing
opponents on the university campuses. Even with ban, many students groups are
working in education institutes. The govt. has never taken the necessary
measures due to political pressure. The universities are not for politics and
students unions with hard line elements using armed approach is not tolerable
at any cost. Universities are built to give the nation bright minds that change
their future not the hooligans.